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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1312.
irilVJUUKlNiVb
AN IXDKrnNmtNT NEWSf-APER
S. JACKSON..
.'....Puil!lr
i in.llnhed etwj wiling irpt Sunday) and
'IT udiIujt morning tt Th loariwl Bolld.
i' , 7th nd Viinhlll (., Hortloud. Of.
tulered t Hie pnittuttlr at rortUnd. Or.,
f'T trminniU.lon turouith til WUi MCoad
chusetts, ; two - Ad,ams and John
Qulncy Adams; Illinois, two Un
coin and Gra'ntMndianil, on Ben
Jamln Harrison; Pennsylvania, one
Buchanan; Louisiana, one Taylor,
Now Hampshire, one Pierce.
woodrow Wilson wIH add New
Jersey to the 'list '"of presrdenticl
states. .
Joseacale. It brings hardy apples
frcm Siberia and Moagclia atd
Northern Japan, and new melons
from Northern ludia and Turkestan.
: This department solves the doubts
of the rural housewife on butter and
cheesemaklng In her home. It en
ters her klteiten and bulletins tho
mysteries of Jam and Jellymaklng.
ij.i.iu HoNi:a , Mm U7s5 noon, A-wKii. i it tells, the bee keeper how to avoid
Ju TSKX, ZirUVrtX wt tho deadly danger of foul brood It
' '''I ' ' I lialrvtt ' nnitlt t,", -n Isah with
B.nj.mta Kmr Co., nw "'"' best food for our feathered friends.
fca Hf(h iTtiiun. New Xurk; liW reuplssl ,
Uu Building. Chicago. " uu ou'' u,,8"fc 6" UiBCUBBlllg
to o7 addiwi the innumerable phases of the work
or this department The American
D4.ILX . Inennla rv' u MKntrlv tnnt h T.lll I MOnday B Journal.
" ''"'fLSTr T:' without offense at Us amount This. Your editorial under the caption, "It
roa. rtM....v...tiBoioMiBtb Js of all others, Is the department of P "n tufa" y0'!! bUL.n?!p0.n.;
DAILY AND BUN DA I . ' nrAPrA In th.t hl,h 'H. ,,,..1 '."m"T" uuu." v.f
. IT. 60 On month. w S .w i - - i j ne aepioraDie conaiuon into wmcn
line an u scene io maite it ooiu ae-mis man nas mrown mmseir na iam
GIVIXO TIIEM A CIIAXCE
" BulwcrlpiloB Ttrms br mail or
'in ue Cuittd Stte or Uczleot
,0m roar..
s
PEAKING of the Portland letter
carrier who was Indicted for
openln g letters of patrons on
his route, 0. B, Wright Bays In
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jjn slrable and profitable,
To be ambitious of true hotur
; and of the real glory and per
fectlon of our nature is t' very
principle and Incentive of vir
tue; but to be ambitious of tU
ties, place, ceremonial respect,
and civil pageantry, Is as vain .
and , little as the things - .re
Which we court Sir P. Sidney.
SICKLY, SEiNTLMUNTAMSM.
IT
I HE Medford Mall-Tribune In
sists that Mr. McArthur should
not present his bill to the legis
lature for substituting the' elec
tric chair for the gallows. It ayo
lly must, at least, cause In every per-
on fcellnar wMeep ympathy for his
wire ana children., If not for himself.
Will It pay to throw this family Into
the depths of shame and despondency?
Will It pay to still further wreck this
home and pauperize, this man's loved
ones for whose sake he thoughtlessly
I committed thia crime, or will It pay
10 give tne orrendef a chance to square
himself with the world and begrin anew?
partment ; ;was ' &0.2H; and in .the
periodical department, 15 4, '3 50. .
Remembering tbat only the best
books are kept la the library, wo
have In these figures a glimpse of the
STPJlt infl
stltntlon in the way of wholesomo
food for the minds of dwellers in
Portland. '
i rrwAXA'E'KVT' 1 A xrr XTrxSt rr ix f rr tt? r? I
Wi'UUiilN i. , AtNJU IN L W J JIN DJlJCr
SMALL CJIANGU
Discussing the wide discrepancy
between the sale price and the tax
price of property, The Journal said
yesterday that there would be some
help in a' law under which property
for publlo nses could be taken "at 33
or some other per cent of its aver
age iox yams lor nve years wun rea
sonable allowance ' for Improve
ments. "! Jt was meant to say at an
increase of. 35 or aome other, per
cent over Its average tax value, etc."
The Indians at the Haskell train
ing school debated the Question." "Re
solved that the Indians should be ex
terminated." The affirmative won.
tt-
JUDGE M'GIXN'S ERROR
we have voted to retain capital pun
ishment as a means of scaring crime long strides in dealing with such of-
Lettcrs From tlie Pebpl; :
iHE JOURNAL often finds rea
son to approve Judge McGinn's it strikes."
course on : the bench, but he The Mall-Tribune Is right,
erred yesterday. , should be no mawkish sentimental
He tried a suit la 'which Robert ism about this death penalty bus!
Henderson sougnt to recover, irpm ness. According to the theory of
In recent years, society has made
(Comnmnleetlorui tent to The Jon rail . for
out of the heart of the criminal, and fenders. It is tnore and more taking r tffZXStii
that the "more barbarous and repul- cognizance of the innocent ones who mniS? ll .i'A-"4..,"! i?
one mo iiuuiuament. iub more terror mm si. aimer wuu ina ruiiLV. 'innr ""
la a parole system in many of the
There states. Oregon among them. A re
strlcted Bystem of parole ia in vocue
under the federal statutes,
ndr. If to wrltef doee not detlro to Bt
m lain iiuuuauva. do nouia io sute.)
Government by Bankers.
Portland, Or., Dec. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal Of late we have been
In California, over 1600 convicts readln ot suggestion, by the nnanolal
experts of the country that Our mone
tary system la bad. Who made It bad?
Th& sftine bankers and their represen
tatives holding- aeats In congress. Is it
a contest between the bankers and the
government as to who shall control the
Denmark women who naet to win
niirirage wian to - ue counted in on
military sirvice, - which seems to be
V41JB V" illlllt,
.,.:.' ' e
v In the matter of fourth class post
masters, 1'renldent-tO-be Wilson will
Ti x,onBIUut"a moral qourage, ( Froij!
thA Zll'SS' ,100 h?" been offerfd for
the beet new roue, by the officers of
th Panaina-Pacifio ponltlon. Some
4WOWIUU enouia capture it.
Unrletmaa wnnM K mnrJt A-m
conclude that peace- agreement: th.n
'"Bouaiors say in unieon:
Peace on earth, good will toward men."
-i ..; ; rr.' i ....
,pl9i 2?-JRiarth is Indicated by their
fir of 11000 to the poor and noedy of
aicte failure, dlseenelon and defeat
within four years for the Dtmiu'riti
yet there, is a possibility that he may
yw viawvilivou. . ' . ,
If Canada la rolnr to rir. Path ni.
tnln three battlnshlpe. J. Bull can
carcely do. Jess , than proteat In
canaias beimlf, a grains t the American
Panama canal law.
; The prospective preelding' officers of
the legislature bava started out rlgnt
by reeolvinir to appoint the oommlttees
the first day or two. There never was
any good excuse for delaying this busi
ness a week. -
Too many flnneeeesary and experi
mental surgical operations, by Incompe
tent surgical neophytee, says tn aub
stance a prominent Portland physician
B.na ?Y.r.on- ow many peopii
inus Kineu nooody Knows.
people tare
a slabwood company 115,500 for per- death penalty advocates, there must have been naroled from th nenitai,.
sonal injuries,, and returned a ver- be no sissy methods in dealing with tiary since 1893, and 85 per cent of
It.. AAA ' V.l I ,i. . ... .. .. . I .. . .. ; - r"" w
un-v vi euvv, i.uejv wiui jmj criminals, n wouia vo tne measuest tnem nave made good. Only 249
in tne case. . b. iiumpnreys, auor- kind of sickly sentlmentallsm to ex- out of the whole number have ,vio
- ney for the defendant, commented on ecute a criminal with a machine in lated the terms of th nrnu nt
the verdict. Baying It was a hold-up. which the killing is done by merely the 1600, only 153 were returned to currencr of the country? it is hardly Albert Bonnichsen In American, Review
Thereupon Judge McGinn raised pressing a button. prison. Only 22. or a little ot on. 7 of Reviews.
the verdict to $7500. Humphreys I If we are going to terrorlie the per cent, committed new crimes. gress at the present time. It has for
' again commented unfavorably, and murder out of all criminal creation, The paroled prisoners have earned 82 mrs bcen "een ln tt wno, ten"
asaia juage wcuinn raisea ine ver- we have got to be bold and bad, lay- over $1,000,000. and have
flint Tilanlna, It at tin A AO an fn.llno .nM. .11 LI j 11 L... 11.. o a a a a a
, w " - . --"- 1 o " niiiauLun. 1 "vio i.uau pvv,uuv. 1 ronaiantiy ana sv8tem.tlrfl.llv prt
crease or $7000 from the original If Mr. McArthur is going to abandon ' The last annual report of the New fced wnlla tha taterta of the bankers
finding. As recounted ia the press, the gallows, he would better sub- York Prison Commission ehows that fct P Stenf th8
-uuso juguina aiH lureueoea, u vae siuuie a meat ax or a Diuageon than since 1000 nearly 4000 prisoners have in lsierwhen "therwsre afraid of
attorney-did; no electrical devices which have been paroled, of whom threa 1 naUonar'nC? ha74.!r
tnB.waici to. me iuu sio.ouu. produce a more soothing and gen- fourths have complied with th .rauure- The ,,ew remedy is a central
- Judge McGinn made a serious mis- Uemanly exit from this vale of tears, terms on which they were given lib- tn a VL SLllTZTJ? 'p JJ
taKe. xne issue m the suit was. mmmai has a right to be ac- erty. ; The Saturday Evening Post thinks the bankers are looking to the that we are boorish and sulfen.and that
now iuuvu wb vuw yiaiiiuu. eauuen wiuuiuuau wnu uu eiccino cnair. says tne figures show the Incredible ,mereBl" 01 the nation, he Is mistaken, we hate roreigners. You should sus
to as a result Of his Injury? It is only the overweening sentimen- follV of keenlnc; nnder lnefc- anrl v Frora -Appleton's Encyclopedia for 18S1, pend Judgment until you have learned to
obc.cu iui yuwuua wiu veruicii cuuua i memseives, earn a living and hen 1 government during the Civil war at 24 pui you may also know better.
of , $3000. The $3000 was . thel w oi nrass .Dand pinlc tea per- support those depending upon them t0 38 per -'fent ' a tlm the government
araouni wmcn juage aicuinn consci- w,iuuv mm eiecincuy. u they were given a chance.
' pnuousiy nenevea, after hearing all r. wcAnnur snouia tear up his
tb facta, the plaintiff should receive. P111- we have voted to keep these
' When he raised the sum to $7500. crlmInaIa ,n a of deadly fear.
Judffe McGina did so. not on the w mist be fierce. We must be ter
. evidence, hut on Humphreys' Improp-jrIb,e- We muBt BWat H the murder
er remarks;, not oa his conscience, "Ul VL uiem WKU gauows or some-
but oa his temneri ixung worse,
wnea ine veraict was :aised a bag.
OREGON SIDliLIGUTS
Fern ' Ulrica . oorreenondonce Kimrno
ReKlHtcr: K. L. Kleiner is InetallliiK a
; Wilson on. Banking '
' Reform- 'J
private telephone line over his orchard
lunau.
From December Banking Keform.i
There. Is a sense In which a Uotno-,
This will ulace him in conve- Icratlo . country forcea - statenmiitiKl.lu
h fLS!n K5Siin U U part" 01 upon wery-waa of Initiative, esvery man
his extensive holding.. , ', capable of leading anybody; and this I
i " Condon Tlmesr It Is reported there believe to- be the particular period when
rJ1,nth.r,?mmldl)UnLt HUk'S 'tatesmanshlp Is forced upon bankers
ty next summer, one on Hock creek, . , " .c m,. wHi
two on Willow creelt ehd one across the uPn Ml those Who have to. do wnu
John Day at the mouth of Cottonwood, the application and use of tha vast ac-
Half of the latter will be built by Slier- ,,lrniM.,i ..tih ,hi onn.iw. VVa
man county. y . . ., ;,.' VLZZ':::.:
Astorlan: 3. E. ". Brainier of Seaside best ' solution for our currency Blffl-
has been awarded the contract for a oultles, not only the safest Snd mont
fc,uf1,n.a n?1 Ice.to:b usedby scientific system of elastic currency
I'rfif ."S": meet the c6nvonlence of the countsiT in
tion, in which , their, cheese-making ' "f l.t """I" . , . .-h irUi
plant will be Installed. The plant Is to whlch h mount of cash needed at dlf
be in ptfatlon by March, . , ferent times fluctuates enormously and
w r sa . ' '
miner: The
w occucvlnir
gtiarters in the. Heryford building. This r.ney nd uch Blmnllcltv
office probably transacts more buslnoss "nf y tt.!u."."1 "X'S
than any other third class office in the al), mte .0 vry klnd '
violently, but we should also seek to
Lakeview Examiner: The XakeviewUtlve the discussions of such matters
pos toff Ice Is now occupying its J?w such i oubllolty and euoh; aoneral cur
es will, en-
and calling to
state, and It is surely deserving- of such unnersianu wni we are isiaing aoogi
convenient auarters. Postmaster A his-land take an Intelligent part ln the die-
trow is Very proud of his new location. cUsslon. We cannot shut ourselves In
i ' w t . ' I a avnsvts 4 s An Atk H Im ul nntiu Tva '
Coan8entln must open our thoughts to the country
Manufacturing; company is capitalized ftt . . -rv, tha irenaral intni
for 110.000. with the object ot launching ftt lar" f" serve tne general intern? ,
a box factory and . general finishing genee as wen as tne general weirare -
plant. The capacity with the present Woodrow Wilson.
Installation will be 40,000 feet per day.
The output will mainly consists of boxes The necessity for bankln reform Is
lor ine nan v riuicmuo ton aeuarai vuu u aw.,i n t.
Klamath IteralJl! Aerordlns-' tn the monetary system. here is acknowl-
abntract Just completed by County As- edgment that the matter la of great Un
sessor Lee. the total valuation In Klam- portanoe. President-elect Wilson seems
ath county Is lll.7S5.896. The 1,24,07 to rank it with tariff reform. One re-
!lt.t nnrnlf... ?t,Btii KnTiiV"' ." Por "ys reform of the currency laws
sesnment purposes at 111, 60S, 735, end n v ul. . .i.
Improvements' at J226.tf0. The valua- will he included ln his call for a special
tlon of real propertyln Klamath Falls session or congress. - congressman
li.it 1, iv t ana personal property! ununrwowi in a rscem ieer iux
1662,313, a total of i,55,ll!5.
BULGARIA'S ONLY CLASSIC
I had been ln Bulgaria some months
and the sound of spoken Bulgarian had
begun to hold meaning to me here and
there.
"Tell me," 1 asked two English speak.
Ing friends with whom I was out walk
ing one day, "what is that word X hear
so often: 'By ganloT"
My friends leaned against a stone
wall and laughed.
"You will never know Bulgaria." said
one of them, finally, "until yon know
Ble Ganio. Tourists write about us
he considered "complete revision of the
banking- snd currency system second s
only to tariff reform." William J, Bryan '
according to the New Tork Herald, takes ;
It "for granted that the plank of the
Democratlo platform deaiing with the V;
currency Question will be carried out." !
Mr. Bryan saw "no. reason jWhy the v
banking and currency committee should '
OOJfMEIiCIAL ARBITRATION
CRING the one hundred and for
ty years of its existence the
New York Chamber of Com
merce has tried in three dia-
Anyway, it would be better to wait tinct ways to provide commercial r-
end time. It was not asa result of ror ine electrl ch un" "r the bitration. The last and only success.
D
Long afterward I learned that "Ble
Uanlo" was a book, "The Adventures
of Bio Canlo Bnlkanskl." by Aleko
Konstanunoff the one piece of litem
tur that Is truly Bulgarian, for Its
aumor was only a simple Journalist
-new testimony . respecting the issu
let ween the plaintiff and the de
fendant, but oa a matter of temper
between Judge McGinn and defend
ant's attorney In his two revised
verdicts. Judge McGina did hot have
the slabwood company on trial, but
next election.
STATE OR NATIONAL LAW?
T
needed money to carry on the war.
speaking of the determination of the
Wall street financiers to foist upon
our country a central bank svstam it
seeks to establish Itself as the source
of currency and financial power. The with no pretensions to foreign literary
country does not take kindly to any culture.
form of currency legislation which gives Th bero of the adventures Is a Bul
greater powers or privileges to money garlan peasant from Shlnka who has
centers. And today it Is hard to get heard of the Wonders of western civil
money even at 16 per cent In New York, izatlon. After Bulgaria's liberation he
as We read in the papers of December 2. determines to see for himself, for he
Does this not" make you suspicious of I has heard It said that he. too u now
ful method has been ln operation for banlc mbines? What the country re- European. He travels over the con-
a time measured in months not 1niTea 18 th repeal of all financial laws tlnent, paying his way by selling attar
vaarn hut htw-n TJa it Passed in the Interest of bankers from of roses ln little bottles, which he
years, out Between fifty and alxtv ma to 1S72 on vninm- e ....., earH in ha i . ,, ,...,
- I - . .......... . w . . w.,. j i ' " o . . wvt. ma eiiyui
matfara r f Jlonnt. V. n 1 i . . . i I , i . . i . . i i jt , . . . . ,
HE Tobacco Trust was dissolved by this means. government. So 'long as the large bank-
nnu wuijiuueui pans Dy tne AKitoft -v w . . erB are ouwea to dictate our monetary
Supreme Court of the United Aurauon by tne chamber is not policy, so long win there be uncertainty
States. Tha TnW p,,.., J conimea 10 119 own members. Every nd timidity. , The government could
' " v A rA. ULLO 1 I .. 1 . A 1 . .
der. : H has adapted European dress,
but from under his vest peeps the red
Sash Which ausnandara hiv. nnt ;)
diBDiflcn Tn h..v. m. a- . I not consider it at the same .time the
over a chin that is never quite shaven. wa? means committee Is consWer ,
nor is It ever quite - bearded, and his ln the tariff." - Senator O'GoruianttW
eollarless white shirt is never quite white.. New Vork aa" currency legislation r
Ble Oanlo, of course, is Bulgaria should come at the earliest practicable
oomlns? In first mntant wis moment.
civilisation. From first to last the Tna subcommittee of the banking and
narrative of adventures Is a bitter currency . committee, Carter Class of
satire; the Incidents themselves are Virginia, chairman, has made an , ex
told with a frank, Rabelaisian coarse- bausUve study of ' the subject,, i fienator
ness. Invariably the Jaugh is on poor Thomas P. Qore of Oklahoma, acting.
Ignorant Ble Ganio and his atrocious report says,asthe confidential agent
mistakes, though sometimes the dart of Prealdcnt-elect Wilson, nas bad con.
of ridicule turns outward and pricks ferences with Several New York bank
the cultured Europeans with whom ers presumably to gain an Insight Into.
Ble Gahio tries to mingle. In the last thftlr views. One of the questions Mr.
few chapters Bis Ganio has come homo Wilson was to consider during bis vaca
and is trying to apply what he has tlon banking reform. Congressman
learned abroad to local conditions not Burleson of Texas says the duty of the
always happily. ' Democratlo party Is to secure a "coin-
By Itself the hfioir i m.wi,.vi. prehenslve downward revision of the
i- w aauig 1 - . . ,
enough; It will remain a mr.PV tariff and also a comprehensive revls-
claeslc. But a thousand times more ,on ot our antiquated currency system."
remarkable Is the reception accorded In addition to these end similar mani-
lt by the Bulgarian people. In Greece testations of interest and activity, there
the author would have, been mobbed ls much neWPaPr and Publlo fllscus-
and the church would have .declared his "Ion ot a ucstlon whlcn a -year ago was
work high treason and unholy But given little general attention,
Bulgaria received the book ln silence. Thus as the result of liye years of
read it. recognised Itself as the hero of acut "lta"on and education, and of
th adventures an hur.f - , many more years of elect dlsousBlon,
roar of laughter that has never since thJ u8tlon ' "ng and currency
Alarf Ma T . .
mivu uvnii. hi every nousenoid you
will find a well-worn cony, for ovar
ana over again it is read aloud by the
young people wnile
elders sit back and
U V 11 U I 1 I , .
their illiterate "'"urT
chortle.
reform has reached the point of where:
(1) It ls popularly acknowledged
that the existing system is obsolete and
Subordinating! tke Details of B
USIHC35
. . . , i uioigaer, can th selfish laws against government
and after finding him guilty, imposed
sentence on the slab wood company.
What he should have done, would
have been to fine the attorney for
contempt.
It is a mistake that Judge McGina,
wim nis high sense of Justice, should
rectify.
T
NEEDLESS OFFICIALS.
HE Bureau of Municipal T?.
search of Chicago Las discover
ea uu needless officia's In
,that city and recommends their
dismissal as unnecessary to tie pub
lic service. -
Except on the theory that there
are many nee.dlees offices, there ls
110 way to account for the fact- that
the per capita cost of government
constantly ... mounts. It now costs
$12 per capita to govern the United
States. fclght years ago, it cost but
0 per capita. In Cleveland's time
u cost but J3. In George Washing
ton's time, it cost but $1.34. -la
1816, there was onlv one m.
ploy0 oa the federal payroll to every
wu 01 popuiauoa. in 1911, count
. Ing the army and navy, there was
one for every 180 of population. We
have now more than seven times as
hjany salary drawers per capita to
run the federal government as we
. had la 1816. Doubtless, we have
munlcTpal employes in proportion.
The report from Chicago seems to
Indicate as much.
J Why as we increase In population
dqes it require a multiplying army
0 officials to govern us?
What.. right have we to complain
at the high cost of living when we
. maintain such a retinue of public
servants?
'i-V.v V'"-' ssrr
AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS
SECRETARY WILSON will, on
March 4, close sixteen year's of
service as Secrta- of Agricul-
ture. His valedictory cata
logues the progress in every, activity
of the department
;,Mrn.Vam ?rodon of four
bJLioa dollars at the beginning of
the term it closes with nine billions,
flvehundredahd'hirt- two miiuons!
From 2440 employes under the
department in 1897 the number L s
grown to 13,858.
AppropriafclonB for its nt
rlwa from $3,272,902 for 1898 t
$24,743,045 :or .-e fiscal year 1913
The. department aids the farmer'
the stock raiser and the orchardist!
For them it condenses tho material
gathered by thoust ads of lnvestl
rators. d Does the dry land farmer
crave a forage crop?-AThe depart,
went enda Its agents, to bring frost
1 rrnwny-Kirairag ' Xrom SnaTaaj
non-saccharine sorghums from if h.
cs. It fetches from Algeria' the fie
"". vw. me CMiirvrnia fig
r rower. It sends to'the rar Juterfor
tt China for an enemy of the San
lars capital, was recently Incorpor
ated in the state of Virginia.
As required by Virginia law the
certificate of incorporation was ap
proved by a Judge, and is said to ac
cord with Virginia corporation law.
The attention of The Outlook has
been called to clause 11 of the char
ter. The language is k maze of legal
bring his commercial disputes before currency, by issuing and putting into
this simple and untechnlcal tribunal,
After an award has been made, it
ia provided by law that the prevail
ing party may file it in the otate
supreme court within a year and ob
tain Judgment thereon. The court
must confirm the award unless it
verbiage, but from a study of it these flndB U not to be ,n acco"d with tha
points emerge,
No contract or other transaction
between the new corporation and any
other shall be affected or Invali
dated by the directors or officers of
the new corporation holding office in
that other. Any directors, Individu
ally or jointly, may be parties to or
interested in any contract or transac
tion of the new corporation. No-
contract or other transaction of the
new corporation shall be affected if
any of its directors are parties to or
interested in, or connected with, anv
such contract or transaction. Every
person becoming a director in the
new corporation is relieved from any
res,ponsi unity resulting from con
tracting witn the new corporation
for the benefit of himself or any
nrm, association or corporation in
which he may be Interested.
Here Ja seen, not-an ingenious but
an audacious, attempt to nullify the
immemorial ruje of the courts to
dinquallfy trustees from inline for
their own profit with property com
muted to them lnjrust.
mi ' . v nt
i ne general . law of the United
States, as que ted in a recent case in
the Court of Appeals of the State of
ew York Is that it
invalidates all contracts mart h
"trustee or fiduciary in v.Tich ha la oer-
ci.a.i, uiicrcHiuu. ine law permits
uu una io aci in such inconsistent re.
lauons, it does not stOD tn ln..i,.
wnomer uie contract or trnntiar.,i
was inir ur uninir. it stous tl in
quiry wnen tne relation is disclosed.
amud inn transaction, or re
fuses to enforce it."
submission or was obtained by fraud
or undue Influence, or if adjourn
ments were warranted Ly the cir
cumstances and were refused,
Procedure is very simple and In-
clrculatlon a sufficient amountTo meet
the demands of the country ln $2, )3,
$10 and $20 demand notes of full legal
tender, just as well as It can Issue
bonds and allow national banks to buy
the bonds and issue money on them.
The notes would be practically the same
as the bond, and th interest on the
bond would be saved. This would not
be a new experiment Our Country has
issued notes of this kind, and they paid
the bills that saved' the nation, until
the exception clause was placed on them
der value. Then, as now, Wall street ..V, . """e mon-
zlne, .
I Military history has passed through
the stage In which the affairs of a
standard sixed army can be controlled
ln matters of detail, as well as In mat
ters of general plan, by any one person,
even though he be an all around genius.
Frederick's kingdom was of such small
size that he could keep his fingers upon
everything, even the dally culinary ar
rangements of the royal household. Na
poleon, with matchless celerity Jn
work, confessed that he fully controlled
his affairs only Jn the short period of
nis prime, in . war the day of piling
secured control of the nation's volume
of money and will not let It out, even
B'
PRESIDENTIAL STATES
UT ten states In the Union have
had presidents. New York and
Ohio have had the presidency
32 out of the 36 years sin
the inauguration of Hayes in 1877
More remarkable still. New York
vn.v o,uul .virjjiunt aave aeia the
presidency 73 out of, 124 years sine
the federal government was Insti
tuted. At the end of Roosevelt's sec
ond term, March 4, 1909, New York
had held the presidency 19 out df
the 28 years since the Inauguration
of Garfield in 1881, The president
concerned were Arthur, Cleveland
and Roosevelt.
TtA states have hp d presidents as
iuuuws: Virginia five Washington.
i Itelir.I !?Vaa Buren. The showing ia alike crcdital
the library management1 and Port
landers. The larger hse of books i8
shown ill the 1,036.894 horrowort
""uu"'- ttiw.ur, ueveiand and
Itcosevelt; Ohio, five Wl'liam
Henry Harrison, Hayes, Garfield, Mc
Klnley and laft Tcnnesree, three
Jackson, Polk and Johnson; Massa-
A wise government will look to the
Interest of Its wealth producers, the
great tolling masses, and a Just gov-
ersment would wake the way to pros.
tary " system.
CI IAS. D.'HEIRRY.
formal. The parties are referred to t 16 per cent, a-we read of u.
tner chairman of the arbitration com
mittee and are supplied with a short
book of rules. The chairman
,aujj a uieeuug vna . 'Jin par
ties if possible, and ascertains If
some settlement or adjustment ls not
possible, if the dispute does not
yield to this treatment, and for
m n 1 aitlKA,lA. f , 1 . .
wuuimiuii is jnsuiea on, a
regular submission to arbltralon
ls signed by beta parties and is
lam before the committee on ar
bitration. That body haj the right
to reruse any case for causes that
appear sufficent. The sanction by
the parties of an arbitrator or arbi
trators from the official list kept by
the chamber follows. This list may
inciuae.as many as 1500 names, and
embraces men of standing and repute
ln well nigh every branch of busi
ness.
The hearing, ln one of the room ft
of tlio New York Chamber f Com
merce, ls set at any time convr - nf
to the parties. The arbitrator arbi
trators are first swor:V in before a
Judge or notary public to do Justice.
The arbitrators In turn place the wit
nesses under oath. Hearings are pri
vate, and no member of the chamber,
nor any outsider, is entitled to set
the stenographic record. No la- 7ers
are employed. The award when made
up and signed is forwarded to both
parties, including an order for dis
position of the expense.
When the submission is handed in
a deposit of $60 ia required from
each party for expenses. There in
clude stenographers' charges and $10
a day for cospenL-itlou of each arli-trator.
So far no application: to tha emir
ia. protest against an award his 't
is believed, been filed.
ner at headquarters that only a heaven
sent genius can Insure success, passed
when-the Germans began the applica
tion ;of the principles of administration
to military matters.
It is Clear that for the lodging -of
any administrative function, and the
(2) It is generally acknowledged that
something must be dons to remedy it.
perhaps it is a great achievement that
the question has been brought into such
consplcuity that it is ranked with the
foremost political topics of the day in,
importance. It Is' progress that, wher
ever there is found an outline of heccs
sary and prospective legislation, cur
rency reform is found near the top. ,
Democrats seem generally to have he-
Derltv as easy as for Its most wealthv I? ? corresponding reaponsi
citizen. But the present system re- bili.ty, there , must be a certain Ideal
minds one of the Tnlted States treas- plnt ,n the administrative hierarchy
ury being locked up and sealed against ny organisation. This point is
the producing masses. -Now, has the where the. problem of keeping lu touch
law of December 23, 1793, been re- wjtli.tlla P8clflc details of the agencies
pealed? Unless something be speedily of H1 astt," cn,0lIed' ls iPProxi-
done to-revive this law. our govern- mately equal in difficulty to the prob-
ment will soon be openly, as it already lem of, keeping ln touch with the gen-
Is secretly, a bankers' government, if ;- ;;'. r
they are allowed to , dictate our mone- going to Salem to torture our governor.
era! plan of which that action Is a part.
To move a function from this point
toward headquarters ls to lose touch
with speciflo conditions t
closer to the agencies of performance come Imbued with the idea that the re
is to lose touch with the general plan, form of, the currency is one of their
from the DOlnt bf vIaw ne l,lf rannnMlhllitli.tl. CnrtAinlv It ta
vmver, mis sirung. or everything to one of their great opportunities.
.V7, 11,6 Problem of the
subordination, of detail. The man of
capacity often errs by working with
energy rather than intelligence; not
seeing that efficiency does not mean
alone to do a great deal and do it well,
but also to be constantly engaged upon
tasks of one's caliber. If an organisa
tion Is not large enough to keep a man
or talent at his maximum work the
permanent solution in nnt n
individual to add fewer funcMonV nn
OclJ Tales VoucncJ For
By Oregon Newspaper
Soot Removed Stove Too.
Coqullle Herald: Mr. Arneson called
at the real estate office of. C E. Niles
and Informed that gentleman an ex
peditious and admirable way of 'remov-
shade out the soborttaata .t ing soot from .tovepipe and cMnvney, ?
but to "use this surnSi. The stove not working properly. Mr. '
tackln the AU.en.tf. ! Niles gladly applied the antidote (e
tacking the most important iUffto.iitio
which restrain growth; so that With
the increase In the size of, the organ
laatlon, there will, come abundance of
the proper kind of work. It is undoubt
edly a fact that most organizations are
in a state ot being strangled by unique
concentration of work, at headquarters,
while the subordinate ranks are soldier
ing. The proper place for deliberation
and even leisure, is where the far reach
ing decisions are being made.
In a Worthy Cause.
Portland, Or., Dec. 17. To the Ed
itor of The Journal During my
stay in Portland . I have been a
constant reader of your valuable pa
per and know it is charitably Inclined
toward the needy, so therefore sincere
ly hope you will publish this letter.
Mr. Joe Dewey, formerly an ' actor,
and now a resident of Portland, has
suffered the loss of a leg and therefore
Is unable to work at his profession and,
being destitute and anxious to seek
other employment, I have interested my
self in his behalf, and through the cour
tesy of the Moose lodge, secured the
Moose hall for the evening ef January
If my business had not seemed so ur
gent to me I should have refused to
add oneitraw to the overburdened back
of our chief executive, by my personal
affairs, at such a memorable hour. Like
a bunch or sheep without a shepherd,
we started on our "crusade," each with
a different weapon, determined to throw
aside the law If we liad to hang tho
governor Instead, xlere was one with
a spiritual weapon, demanding the re
prleve for their souls' sake; here an
other, with a ehadow of an argument
asking, for the sake of the mothers of
Oregon, to wait for the mothers' expres
sion through the ballot; here another,
with no apparent argument in the Im
mediate crisis, but one that undoubtedly
believed the thing was wrong. We
can
move the clogged condition and the
work was performed instantaneously.
The real estate man was told to'
put powder ln the stove while a fire
was burning therein and the soot would
be gently blown skyward. . Accordingly
ono-fourth pound of powder was pur- '
chased from a merchant and applied
according to Instruction.
Bang! The Second joint of stove
pipe was demolished, others" blown
down, the top of the stove landed on
the floor and soot and embers from the
fire were promiscuously distributed
never justiry wrong by thinking it will about room
make right. .We must be true jto our- Smo,ka, ,S8UlnK from, thJ
solves. Yet not a sine-l
e rront doors
persons, who
great, eommonwealsh shouM mougm ine esiaDiisnment. was on fire.
our governor, for he has eon. , T Mr rsiUc" "mewnat reluotantly mad
himself said, through hell fire to ao- tn cau master,
vviiiyiisu wnai ne minks is right
i, 1918, where a benefit entertainment If applied will be a power for better-
and ball will be given In his behalf,
tho proceeds to be turned over to Mr.
Dewey to purchase an artificial limb
and better the conditions of his family.
I am not alone in this movement. a
many artists, who will be playing here
at the time, will render their services
and a grand entertainment ls assured.
The Great Arrow," who has Just re
turned after a successful tour' abroad,
will be one of the features. Mr. Arrow
Is a world famous magician and well
known In Portland.
Miss "Billle" Benett, late star of
the "His Lordship" company, will also
appear. To conclude the performance I
will portray ths dream scene from "Tho
tseue, bir nenry irving's masterpiece,
after which a grand ball will- follow.
una Denent ib ror a worthy cans:
tnent ln the future, after years of ap
plication of hor plastic casts, adjust
ment of misplaced sexual and brain or
gans, making these wrecks of lives en
durable at least; here, a man, with his
theory that the condition of these crim
lnals Should be laid solely to the Wrongs
of the laboring class and the unfair
ness to poverty; here another, with her
pBycmo ineais, asking tne governor to
hold back the wheels of fate until she
can educate and redeem these wrecks,
and, by the way, threatening the gov
ernor with hlstorlo Ignominy because he,
through forced circumstances, had used
his Inalienable prerogative to change his
course of action; still another historical
emotionalist, with a more hysterical sis
ter, promised to work and sacrifice and
change things all around before the-
of
USING THE LIBRARY.
HE per capita clrculatij i
library books lu Portland for
1912 was four per cent, in
1902 it was less than one ner
cent. The percentage for 1912 is
the high record ln Portland.
T
ior nome use during the year. The
total attendance in the reference de-
,1 ?"-UM.bV""u.n " l' Wlf. next election If he would but save those
.. nuvFii jiYiry ir many years, men.
liDTcr ta yet uiaven in Fnn.
land, but I am pleased to know my
neason b luniraci will Dnng m9
here, and I am glad to know I happened
here on my way east In time to assist
Mr. Dewey. LKLAND FARKUM.
Through all this excited harangue,
what did the governor do but suffer?
Hi suffered unjustly for the sins of
others. Through It all not a single
clear argument was put forth why he
should reprieve those men, yet every
one present could see his sincere cry
for help in that question he put to the
A Crusader the "Crusade."
Portland Dee, 17. To the Editor of erowdi "We are all of one mind about
The Journal Now, after the fatal drops capital punishment. Would you not In
have been made, In the Interest of every, my place take the shortcut to accdm-
tblng, we can honorably appeal to pilsh our eommon desire by simply al-
Justlce, mercy, honor, ?- loyalty, dutv. lnwltiir the law to take its r.iyiir
-rotrrefevwitMww
iiuum ciui!uiamT na Unncessrr I Varti on who was nrsoniLl v naked
agony of mind whlch go inseparably either parried the question or answered
with these "crusades.1
I, for one, not In. complete harmony
with the movement, but with-a per
sonal affair of my own to. see after
was permitted through the klndnfiw'o
Dr. Wood, to Join Thursday's crusajaj
promptly rYee." And that is what he
did.- ;" v '
I sincerely believe Governof West ass
mistaken; not because I ndmit hi con
tentions in regard to capital punish
nr.
r.cu uunscientious men in office
like Governor West Yes, we know he Is
Odd. Everyone with right, true, Just, earn
est, honest beliefs In this day and age of
- i i J vuu- ne ari UB8't to men
,working for graft, for policy, for fame
for higher offiee-Uut we are not used
tO W,PSt's honorahls hranrt - Tr t. in.-
Willla Jennings Bryan, greater" for
yuuy una ins assailants, whether
they be political, commercial or social
enemies, , will be forgotten when West
will be remembered and honored for his
vvii Dvirjii lliUB B(,ana,,. ,
ow, mier an mis, i ask. In the
name of everything worthy to be ap
pealed to, let him alone to settle these
matters in the future, for It is evident
ne is no running in one rut, but takes
a prvau .view oi mess matters, Includ
ing every angle" that was presented so
narrowly last Thursday. He can with
just as mucn credit to himself and the
state of Oregon settle these questions
alone without the added torture nr
omer -cruaaaes. - .Let him unhold ths
laws as uiey are written, us nir hi n..
Judgment in the matter, and let the
crusaaers start a crusade to abolish
capital punishment m. the future if thv
think that is right , - - , : .
Again, let no man or woman rinimn
West. He is noble, and did better than
his assailants could possibly do under
those trying circumstances, and mv
God bless him, and his so long as he re
mains as true to himself, his duties and
his state sshe has In the past
tiuam lUL.L.anc hughes.
Always in Good Hu
umor
Pointed Parafrapkj
Borne trains of thought go on wheels.
a press
PERHAPS NOT.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatoh.
Brassey Tour wife ls a charming
woman. I like her style.
Fender You wouldn't If you had to
pay for it.
, : , WHY HE. DECLINED, .
From Answers.
"Tes," said Tom Poorman, "I've been'
invited to the wedding, but J'm nof
going."- ' "'. -j ft ' .
"But," his friend urged, "dq. you think .
you can afford to have your absence
noted?"-: '
"Better than I can afford to have '
my presents noticed. That's the trouble."
Real charity doesn't employ
"Sent ":' "''''
J
gingers seldom
each other.
sing
the praises of
" Occasionally a distant relation. Is en
tirely too, close. - ,
It's the fall of the year that breaks
ment.ererlght, but eimpiv becw btickbone of ,sumnies:j
Buffalo Dies of Broken Heart,
Topeka, Kan;, Dispateh ln Pendleton
Live Wire. t
Old Joshua, an aged buffalo, past'
leader of the herd ln Gage park here,
died today of a broken heart, his keep
ers say. For 15 years the old bull '
beaded the herd which Until two years
ago ran ln the open in Michigan. Three'
weeks ago he was deposed by his mu
tinous band, the mutiny being led bv
his own offspring, young bull, who
now occupies the throne of his sire. The
hesd 1 owned by the city. One of the -
keepers said today: . I
"Old Joshua's overthrow undoubtedly -NJ
caused his ueatn. it is a clear ease of
broken heart Several months ago we
noticed something was brewing among ?
the burraio. xney wore restless and
easily angered. The cliniax came three
weeks ago.,, The entire' herd, led by a
young bull, Joshua'r own son, pitched
Into the leader. He fought nobly for
ITS f eeCuTsT-'Crrr-6IaTegs faTte
him. The herd lei up then. Their chief
lay, in a corner of the pasture cut,
bruised, deposed . , . j , ' '
"Under their ew. leader the herd
pranced stamped and bellowed about
Joshua until nightfall, Joshua never
again held up his head, lie must hare
welcomed death-?. ,... .,
must hare - i
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